INTEGRA LIFESCIENCES HOLDINGS CORPIART
INTEGRA LIFESCIENCES HOLDINGS CORP Commitments Disclosure
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
In consideration for certain technology, manufacturing, distribution, and selling rights and licenses granted to the Company, the Company has agreed to pay royalties on sales of certain products that it sells. The royalty payments that the Company made under these agreements were not significant for any of the periods presented.
In the ordinary course of its business, the Company is involved in, from time to time, various legal actions, including any matters described below, involving product liability, employment, intellectual property and commercial disputes, shareholder related matters, environmental proceedings, tax disputes, and governmental proceedings and investigations, some of which have been settled by the Company. In the opinion of management, such matters are either adequately covered by insurance or otherwise indemnified, or are not expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a material, adverse effect on the Company’s financial condition. However, it is possible that the Company’s results of operations, financial position and cash flows in a particular period could be materially affected by these contingencies.
The Company accrues for loss contingencies when it is deemed probable that a loss has been incurred and that loss is estimable. If the reasonable estimate of a probable loss is a range, and no amount within the range is a better estimate than any other, the minimum amount of the range is recorded. In most cases, significant judgment is required to estimate the amount and timing of a loss to be recorded and actual results may differ from these estimates. The amounts accrued are based on the full amount of the estimated loss before considering insurance proceeds and do not include an estimate for legal fees expected to be incurred in connection with the loss contingency. The Company consistently accrues legal fees expected to be incurred in connection with loss contingencies as those fees are incurred by outside counsel as a period cost.
On December 21, 2023, Fortis Advisors, LLC (representative of the security holders of ACell, Inc. (“ACell”)) filed for arbitration against Integra LifeSciences before the Court of International Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce claiming breach of contract related to the earnout consideration from the 2021 acquisition of ACell. Refer to the “Contingent Consideration” subheading of this Note for additional information on the ACell contingent consideration. The arbitration was held in September 2025 and the tribunal’s decision is pending. The Company believes that it has strong defenses to the allegations in the arbitration and intends to defend the matter vigorously.
On September 12, 2023, a securities class action complaint, captioned Pembroke Pines Firefighters & Police Officers Pension Fund v. Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation, No. 23-cv-20321 (D.N.J.), was filed by a purported stockholder of the Company in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey (the “Pembroke Litigation”) against the Company and certain of the Company’s current and former executive officers. The Pembroke Litigation, filed on behalf of a putative class of stockholders who purchased or acquired the Company’s common stock between March 11, 2019 and May 22, 2023, inclusive, alleges violations of Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder, on the basis of purportedly materially false and misleading statements and omissions relating to certain quality systems issues identified by the FDA at the Company’s Boston facility, the Company’s efforts to remediate those issues, and the Company’s forecasts for certain products in its Tissue Technologies segment. The complaint seeks, among other things, compensatory damages, attorneys’ fees, expert fees, and other costs. The Company believes that it has strong defenses to the allegations in the Pembroke Litigation, and intends to continue to defend the matter vigorously. On July 1, 2025, the class action complaint was dismissed without prejudice. The plaintiffs filed a Second Amended Complaint on August 14, 2025. The Company has filed a motion to dismiss the Second Amended Complaint on October 14, 2025.
On February 21, 2025, a derivative lawsuit captioned Grabowsky v. Integra LifeSciences Holding Corp. et al, No. 3:25-cv-01399 (D.N.J.) was filed in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. The action purports to assert derivative claims on behalf of the Company against its current Board of Directors and certain of its current or former officers and directors. The action asserts claims that the individual defendants breached their fiduciary duties and harmed the Company by making false and misleading statements and omissions relating to certain quality systems issues identified by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) at the Company’s Boston facility, the Company’s efforts to remediate those issues, and the Company’s forecasts for certain products in its Tissue Technologies segment. On March 28, 2025, the derivative lawsuit was voluntarily dismissed by the plaintiff. On April 1, 2025 the lawsuit was dismissed with prejudice.
On May 13, 2025 and May 16, 2025, derivative lawsuits captioned Leverett v. Integra LifeSciences Holding Corp. et al, No. 3:2025-cv-04214 (D.N.J.) and Simpkins v. Integra LifeSciences Holding Corp. et al, No. 3:2025-cv-04446 (D.N.J.) were filed in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. The actions purport to assert derivative claims on behalf of the Company against its current Board of Directors and certain of its current or former officers and directors. The actions assert claims that the individual defendants breached their fiduciary duties and harmed the Company by making false and misleading statements and omissions relating to certain quality systems issues identified by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) at the Company’s Boston, Massachusetts manufacturing facility, the Company’s efforts to remediate those issues, and the Company’s forecasts for certain products in its Tissue Technologies segment. The Company believes that it has strong defenses to the allegations in the lawsuits and intends to defend the matters vigorously.
Contingent Consideration
Contingent consideration is recorded at fair value as measured on the date of acquisition. The value recorded is based on estimates of future financial projections under various potential scenarios using either a Monte Carlo simulation or the probability-weighted income approach derived from revenue estimates and probability assessment with respect to the likelihood of achieving contingent obligations. Contingent payments related to acquisitions consist of development, regulatory, and commercial milestone payments, in addition to sales-based payments, and are valued using discounted cash flow techniques that are classified within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy because they are measured at fair value using significant unobservable inputs, including management’s forecast of future revenues for the acquired businesses as well as management’s estimates of the likelihood of achieving the other specified criteria. Each quarter until such contingent amounts are earned, the fair value of the liability is remeasured at each reporting period and adjusted as a component of operating expenses based on changes to the underlying assumptions. The change in the fair value of sales-based payments is based upon future revenue estimates and increases or decreases as revenue estimates or expectation of timing of payment charges. The estimates used to determine the fair value of the contingent consideration liability are subject to significant judgment and actual results are likely to differ from the amounts originally recorded.
The Company determined the fair value of contingent consideration during the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2025 and 2024 to reflect the change in fair value during the period.
A reconciliation of the opening balances to the closing balances of these Level 3 measurements for the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024 is as follows (in thousands):
| Contingent Consideration Liability Related to Acquisition of: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arkis (1) | Derma Sciences (2) | ACell (2) | Surgical Innovations Associates (SIA), Inc. (2) | Total | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance as of January 1, 2025 | $ | 12,968 | $ | 2,686 | $ | 3 | $ | 54,000 | $ | 69,657 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Payments | (5,000) | — | — | (18,075) | (23,075) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Change in fair value of contingent consideration liabilities | (1,669) | (2,336) | (3) | (16,525) | (20,533) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance as of December 31, 2025 | $ | 6,299 | $ | 350 | $ | — | $ | 19,400 | $ | 26,049 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Short-Term | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 19,400 | $ | 19,400 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Long-Term | 6,299 | 350 | — | — | 6,649 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | $ | 6,299 | $ | 350 | $ | — | $ | 19,400 | $ | 26,049 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Contingent Consideration Liability Related to Acquisition of: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arkis (1) | Derma Sciences (2) | ACell (2) | Surgical Innovations Associates (SIA), Inc. (2) | Total | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance as of January 1, 2024 | $ | 15,755 | $ | 2,557 | $ | 300 | $ | 68,700 | $ | 87,312 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Payments | — | — | — | (12,400) | (12,400) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Change in fair value of contingent consideration liabilities | (2,787) | 129 | (297) | (2,300) | (5,255) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance as of December 31, 2024 | $ | 12,968 | $ | 2,686 | $ | 3 | $ | 54,000 | $ | 69,657 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Short-Term | $ | 8,560 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 17,900 | $ | 26,460 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Long-Term | 4,408 | 2,686 | 3 | 36,100 | 43,197 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | $ | 12,968 | $ | 2,686 | $ | 3 | $ | 54,000 | $ | 69,657 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
(1) Location in financial statements: Research and development
(2) Location in financial statements: Selling, general and administrative
Arkis BioSciences Inc.
As part of the acquisition of Arkis BioSciences Inc. (“Arkis”), the Company is required to pay the former shareholders of Arkis up to $25.5 million based on the timing of certain development milestones of $10.0 million and commercial sales milestones of $15.5 million, respectively. The Company used a probability weighted income approach to calculate the fair value of the contingent consideration that considered the possible outcomes of scenarios related to each specified milestone. The Company estimated the fair value of the contingent consideration to be $13.1 million at the acquisition date. In the first quarter of 2025, the Company paid out a development milestone related to design verification procedures for $5.0 million.
Derma Sciences
The Company assumed contingent consideration incurred by Derma Sciences, Inc. (“Derma Sciences”) related to its acquisitions of BioD and the intellectual property related to MediHoney™ products. The Company accounted for the contingent liabilities by recording their fair value on the date of the acquisition based on a probability weighted income approach. The Company has already paid $33.3 million related to the aforementioned contingent liabilities. One contingent milestone remains which relates to net sales of MediHoney™ products exceeding certain amounts defined in the agreement between the Company and Derma Sciences. The potential maximum undiscounted payment amounts to $3.0 million.
ACell, Inc.
As part of the acquisition of ACell, the Company is required to make payments to the former shareholders of ACell up to $100 million in total for years 2022, 2023, and 2025 based on the achievement by the Company of certain revenue-based performance milestones. The Company estimated the fair value of the contingent consideration to be $23.9 million at the acquisition date. The 2022, 2023 and 2025 milestones were not achieved.
Surgical Innovations Associates, Inc.
As part of the acquisition of Surgical Innovations Associates, Inc. (“SIA”), the Company is required to pay to the former shareholders of SIA up to $90.0 million for two separate payments, which are dependent on (1) achieving certain revenue-based performance milestones in 2023, 2024, and 2025 (up to $50.0 million in additional payments), as well as (2) the approval by the FDA of the pre-market approval ("PMA") application for DuraSorb for certain uses by certain timing targets (up to $40.0 million in additional payments). The Company estimated the fair value of the contingent consideration for the revenue based milestone to be $32.6 million at the acquisition date and $25.0 million for the PMA approval milestone at the acquisition date. In the second quarter of 2025, the Company paid out $18.1 million related to the 2024 performance year. Similarly, in the second quarter of 2024, the Company paid out $12.4 million related to the 2023 performance year. The Company calculated the remaining milestone payment for the 2025 performance year based on actual sales for the year ended December 31, 2025. The Company used probabilities of achieving the conditions to calculate the fair value of the contingent consideration for the PMA approval milestone. The liability was reduced in 2025 due to risk and uncertainty around timing of receiving the PMA approval.
Historical Timeline
| Fiscal Year | Filed | |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Feb 26, 2026 | Showing above |
| 2024 | Feb 25, 2025 | |
| 2023 | Feb 28, 2024 | |
| 2022 | Feb 22, 2023 | |
| 2021 | Feb 24, 2022 | |
| 2020 | Feb 23, 2021 | |
| 2019 | Feb 21, 2020 | |
| 2018 | Feb 26, 2019 | |
| 2017 | Mar 1, 2018 | |
| 2016 | Feb 23, 2017 | |
| 2015 | Feb 26, 2016 | |
About Commitments Disclosures
Commitments and contingencies disclosures catalog a company's off-balance-sheet obligations and legal exposures — purchase commitments, guarantee arrangements, pending litigation, and regulatory proceedings. These items represent potential future cash outflows that may not appear as liabilities on the balance sheet until they become probable and estimable.
Key signals: litigation reserves and disclosed loss ranges quantify management's estimate of legal exposure, but unquantified "reasonably possible" losses often represent the larger risk. Watch for changes in language around pending cases — shifts from "remote" to "reasonably possible" or increases in estimated loss ranges signal deteriorating outcomes. Unconditional purchase obligations and take-or-pay contracts create fixed cost structures that reduce operational flexibility. Guarantee arrangements for subsidiaries or joint ventures can create cascading obligations. Compare the total commitment schedule against projected free cash flow to assess whether the company can meet its obligations without additional financing.